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Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II 1700–1757 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1700

Birth Location: Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 6 Sep 1757

Death Location: Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Colonel Bolling

Mother: Mary )

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Blair, Elizabeth Blair, Elizabeth Lewis

Children(s): Benjamin Sr, Maj. Sr, Jared Bolling, Rodney Bolling), Col. Bolling, Archibald Bolling, Dorothea Bolling), Archibald Bolling, Jane Bolling), Sarah Bolling, Edward Bolling, Metoaka Bolling), Col. Grove, Pvt. Bolling), Rolfe Bolling), Anne Bolling, Penelope Bolling, Mary Bolling), Martha Bolling, Powhatan Bolling), John Bolling, Powhatan Bolling, Jesse Bolling, James Bolling, Elizabeth Bolling, Mary Bolling, Jane Bolling, Sarah Bolling, Rolfe Bolling, John Boling, Elizabeth ), Daratha Bolling, Sarah Tazewell, Hannah Bolling, Nancy Bolling, Martha Bolling, Matoaka Sullivan, Mary Bolling, Mary Bland, William Bolling

Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II was born in 1700 in Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Fairfax Bolling And Mary Elizabeth Kennon 7Th Ggm. In 1738, Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II resided in Henrico. Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II married Elizabeth Blair, Elizabeth Lewis, and had children including Anne Blair Bolling, Archibald Bolling, Benjamin Bolling Sr, Col John William Blair Bolling Old Indian Of Chestnut Grove, Col Robert Bolling, Daratha Bolling, Dorothea Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Edward Bolling, Elizabeth Bolling, Elizabeth Jenkins Bolling 5Th Ggm, Hannah Bolling, James Bolling, Jane Bolling, Jane Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Jared Bolling, Jesse Bolling, John Boling, John Bolling, Maj James Thomas Blair Bolling Red Bolling Sr, Martha Bolling, Mary Agnes Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Mary Bland, Mary Bolling, Mary Molly Bolling, Matoaka Sullivan, Metoaka Meta Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Nancy Bolling, Penelope Bolling, Powhatan Bolling, Powhatan Bolling Blue Bolling, Pvt James Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Rodney Bolling Blue Bolling, Rolfe Bolling, Rolfe Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Sarah Bolling Tazewell, Sarah Bolling, William Bolling. Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II passed away in 1757 in Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II was born in 1700 in Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Fairfax Bolling And Mary Elizabeth Kennon 7Th Ggm.
  • In 1738, Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II resided in Henrico.
  • Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II married Elizabeth Blair, Elizabeth Lewis, and had children including Anne Blair Bolling, Archibald Bolling, Benjamin Bolling Sr, Col John William Blair Bolling Old Indian Of Chestnut Grove, Col Robert Bolling, Daratha Bolling, Dorothea Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Edward Bolling, Elizabeth Bolling, Elizabeth Jenkins Bolling 5Th Ggm, Hannah Bolling, James Bolling, Jane Bolling, Jane Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Jared Bolling, Jesse Bolling, John Boling, John Bolling, Maj James Thomas Blair Bolling Red Bolling Sr, Martha Bolling, Mary Agnes Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Mary Bland, Mary Bolling, Mary Molly Bolling, Matoaka Sullivan, Metoaka Meta Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Nancy Bolling, Penelope Bolling, Powhatan Bolling, Powhatan Bolling Blue Bolling, Pvt James Bolling Blue Red Bolling, Rodney Bolling Blue Bolling, Rolfe Bolling, Rolfe Bolling Twin Blue Bolling, Sarah Bolling Tazewell, Sarah Bolling, William Bolling.
  • Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II passed away in 1757 in Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colonel Bolling
1675–1729
Birth Location: Charles City Co, VA
CB
Mary )
1679–1727
Birth Location: Conjurer S Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States
M)

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Blair
1708–1775
Birth Location: Williamsburg West, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
EB
Elizabeth Blair
1709–1775
Birth Location: Plantation Carls, Virginia
EB
Elizabeth Lewis
1683–1725
Birth Location: Henrico, Cobb, Virginia, USA
EL

Children(s)

Benjamin Sr
1734–1832
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
BS
Maj. Sr
1735–1804
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
MS
Jared Bolling
1731–1776
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
JB
Rodney Bolling)
1742–1778
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
RB
Col. Bolling
1738–1775
Birth Location: Cobbs, Varina, Henrico, Virginia, United States
CB
Archibald Bolling
1730–1749
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
AB
Dorothea Bolling)
1734–1832
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
DB
Archibald Bolling
1750–1827
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
AB
Jane Bolling)
1731–1776
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
JB
Sarah Bolling
1748–1779
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
SB
Edward Bolling
1746–1770
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
EB
Metoaka Bolling)
1729–1775
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
MB
Col. Grove
1737–1800
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
CG
Pvt. Bolling)
1756–1836
Birth Location: Cobb's Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
PB
Rolfe Bolling)
1744–1778
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
RB
Anne Bolling
1752–1802
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
AB
Penelope Bolling
1728–1823
Birth Location: St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States
PB
Mary Bolling)
1744–1803
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA
MB
Martha Bolling
1733–1780
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
MB
Powhatan Bolling)
1754–1755
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
PB
John Bolling
1729–1736
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
JB
Powhatan Bolling
1754–1854
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
PB
Jesse Bolling
1758–1841
Birth Location: Hillsboro, North Carolina, United States
JB
James Bolling
1756–1804
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
JB
Elizabeth Bolling
1731–1735
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
EB
Mary Bolling
1744–1775
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
MB
Jane Bolling
1740–1775
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
JB
Sarah Bolling
1748–1748
Birth Location: Cobbs, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
SB
Rolfe Bolling
1742–1745
Birth Location: , , Virginia, USA
RB
John Boling
1737–1768
Birth Location: –
JB
Elizabeth )
1731–1807
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
E)
Daratha Bolling
1743–
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, United States
DB
Sarah Tazewell
1748–1798
Birth Location: Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia
ST
Hannah Bolling
1766–1850
Birth Location: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
HB
Nancy Bolling
1722–1738
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, United States
NB
Martha Bolling
1733–1734
Birth Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
MB
Matoaka Sullivan
1729–1775
Birth Location: Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States of America
MS
Mary Bolling
1722–1790
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
MB
Mary Bland
1744–1803
Birth Location: –
MB
William Bolling
1731–1776
Birth Location: Bolling Hall, Goochland, Virginia
WB

Major II's Ancestors

Self
Major II
1700–1757
Birth Place: Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Colonel John Fairfax Bolling
1675–1729
Charles City Co, VA
Mary (Elizabeth Kennon ( 7th GGM) )
1679–1727
Conjurer S Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Robert Bolling
1646–1709
All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England
Jane Rolfe
1643–1677
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bolling
1615–1648
Mary Carie
1620–1648
Thomas Rolfe
1615–1680
Jane Rolfe
1630–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cary,
1596–1648
Lady Milner
1602–1660
John Rolfe
1585–1675
Princess Powhatan
1595–1617

Major II's Descendants

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Major ((Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling)) II (20 January 1700–6 Sep 1757) m. Elizabeth Blair (20 January 1708–22 April 1775) m. Elizabeth Blair (4 April 1709–27 Apr 1775) m. Elizabeth Lewis (1683–1725)
  1. 1. Benjamin (Bolling) Sr 1734–1832 m. Martha (Patsy) Phelps 1737–1767 m. Charity Larrimore 1746–1830 m. Jane Willison 1734–1832
    1. 1. Benjamin Boling 1754–1819 m. Sarah (Talitha) Hancock 1764–1805 m. Mildred Witt 1755–1820
      1. 1. John (B.) Boling 1780–1850 m. Lucy Randolph 1785–1838 m. Dorcas Hendrickson 1789–
        1. 1. Randolph Boling 1800–1849 m. Jane Graves 1800–1860
        2. 2. Benjamin Boling 1798–1853
        3. 3. Jesse Boling 1802–1860
        4. 4. Westwood Boling 1820–1864
        5. 5. Sallie Boling 1830–1911
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Boling 1831–
        7. 7. Nancy Boling 1823–
        8. 8. Louisa Boling 1815–1911
      2. 2. Sarah ("Sallie") Boling 1778–1839
      3. 3. Talitha Boling 1785–
      4. 4. Lardicie ((DICIE)) Boling 1786–1880
      5. 5. Rhoda Boling 1801–
      6. 6. Mark Boling 1796–1850
      7. 7. Isaac (Andrew) Boling 1790–1850
      8. 8. William Boling 1801–1850
      9. 9. Mitchell Boling 1790–
      10. 10. Gardner Boling 1788–
      11. 11. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Boling 1779–1841
      12. 12. Susan Boling 1774–1830
      13. 13. Isham Boling 1784–1854
      14. 14. Jeremiah Bolling 1782–1870
      15. 15. Levi Bolling 1790–
      16. 16. James Bolling 1792–
      17. 17. Justice Bolling 1784–1832
      18. 18. Benjamin (III) Bolling 1776–1839
      19. 19. William Bolling 1775–1809
      20. 20. Baxter Bolling 1776–1850
      21. 21. Christopher Bolling 1785–
      22. 22. Tabitha Bolling 1785–1786
      23. 23. Patsy Bolling 1779–1781
      24. 24. Betsy Bolling 1776–1841
      25. 25. Lardicie Bolling 1789–1880
      26. 26. John ((Jack)) Bowling 1765–1812
      27. 27. Patsy Bolling 1792–
      28. 28. Jeremiah Bowlin 1756–
      29. 29. Dicey Bolling 1777–1807
      30. 30. Rhoda BOLLING 1778–1779
      31. 31. John BOLLING 1788–1853
      32. 32. Isaac (Andrew) BOLLING 1787–1773
      33. 33. Sally BOLLING 1772–1771
      34. 34. William BOLLING 1782–1783
      35. 35. William (Howell) Boling 1786–1839
      36. 36. Dicey BOLLING 1790–1791
      37. 37. Mark Bowling 1776–1782
      38. 38. Mitchell Bowling 1776–1782
      39. 39. Sarah Bowling 1776–1807
      40. 40. Isham Bolling 1784–
      41. 41. Gardner Bowling 1788–
      42. 42. Levi Bolling 1790–
      43. 43. Isaac Bolen 1790–1860
      44. 44. James Bolling 1792–
      45. 45. Levi Boling 1770–
      46. 46. Charity Boling 1772–
      47. 47. Justice Boling 1774–
      48. 48. Baxter Boling 1776–
    2. 2. William Bolling 1757–1838
    3. 3. Jesse Bolling 1758–1841
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Betsy) Bowling 1767–1819
    5. 5. Justice Bolling 1751–1841
    6. 6. Joel Bowling 1761–1762
    7. 7. David BowlingBolling 1757–
    8. 8. William Bolling 1755–1830
    9. 9. Robert Bolling 1756–1804
    10. 10. Jarret Bowling 1762–1856
    11. 11. Hancock Bowling\Bolling 1759–1817
    12. 12. Delaney Bolling 1764–1819
    13. 13. Barnett Bolling 1755–1830
    14. 14. James (Thomas Powhatan) BOLLING 1756–1810
    15. 15. James Bolling 1755–1826
    16. 16. Pvt. (Isaac) Bolling 1760–1853 m. Mary Coltrane 1791–1839
      1. 1. Page Bolen 1818–1904 m. Mary (A) Bolling 1816–
        1. 1. Isaac Bolling 1842–
    17. 17. Levi BOLING 1767–1768
    18. 18. Hannah Osborne 1758–1850
    19. 19. John Bolling 1756–1817
    20. 20. Berneita Bowling 1760–
    21. 21. Isham BowlingBolling 1760–
    22. 22. Hannah Bowling 1763–1862
    23. 23. Robert BOLLING 1757–1841
    24. 24. John BOLLING 1756–1836
    25. 25. Charity Bolling 1772–1837
    26. 26. John Bolling 1761–1845
    27. 27. Delaney Boling 1764–1819
    28. 28. Hannah Boling 1766–1850
    29. 29. Baxter Bolling 1776–1849
    30. 30. Barnett Bolling 1784–1856
    31. 31. Wesley Bolling 1785–1850
    32. 32. James Bolling 1790–1853
    33. 33. Levi Bolling 1790–1832
    34. 34. Jeremiah (Bolling) Sr 1780–1870
    35. 35. Joel Bolling 1773–
    36. 36. William Bowlin 1815–
    37. 37. Justice Bolin 1751–1841
    38. 38. Hannah Bowling 1763–1862
    39. 39. William Bolling 1760–1820
    40. 40. Barnett Bolling 1757–1817
    41. 41. James Bolling 1756–1836
    42. 42. James Bolling 1756–1804
    43. 43. John Bolling 1755–1817
    44. 44. Hancock Bolling 1756–1836
    45. 45. James (Blair) Bolling 1756–1804
    46. 46. Joseph Bolling 1750–1813
  2. 2. Maj. ((James) Thomas Blair Bolling (Red Bolling)) Sr 1735–1804
  3. 3. Jared Bolling 1731–1776
  4. 4. Rodney (Bolling (Blue) Bolling) 1742–1778
  5. 5. Col. (Robert) Bolling 1738–1775
  6. 6. Archibald Bolling 1730–1749
  7. 7. Dorothea (Bolling (twin) (Blue) Bolling) 1734–1832
  8. 8. Archibald Bolling 1750–1827
  9. 9. Jane (Bolling (Blue\Red) Bolling) 1731–1776
  10. 10. Sarah Bolling 1748–1779
  11. 11. Edward Bolling 1746–1770
  12. 12. Metoaka ('Meta' Bolling (Blue\Red) Bolling) 1729–1775
  13. 13. Col. (John William Blair Bolling (Old Indian) of Chestnut) Grove 1737–1800
  14. 14. Pvt. (James Bolling (Blue\Red) Bolling) 1756–1836
  15. 15. Rolfe (Bolling (twin) (Blue) Bolling) 1744–1778
  16. 16. Anne (Blair) Bolling 1752–1802
  17. 17. Penelope Bolling 1728–1823
  18. 18. Mary (Agnes Bolling (twin) (Blue) Bolling) 1744–1803
  19. 19. Martha Bolling 1733–1780
  20. 20. Powhatan (Bolling (Blue) Bolling) 1754–1755
  21. 21. John Bolling 1729–1736
  22. 22. Powhatan Bolling 1754–1854
  23. 23. Jesse Bolling 1758–1841
  24. 24. James Bolling 1756–1804
  25. 25. Elizabeth Bolling 1731–1735
  26. 26. Mary Bolling 1744–1775
  27. 27. Jane Bolling 1740–1775
  28. 28. Sarah Bolling 1748–1748
  29. 29. Rolfe Bolling 1742–1745
  30. 30. John Boling 1737–1768
  31. 31. Elizabeth (Jenkins Bolling ( 5th GGM) ) 1731–1807
  32. 32. Daratha Bolling 1743–
  33. 33. Sarah (Bolling) Tazewell 1748–1798
  34. 34. Hannah Bolling 1766–1850
  35. 35. Nancy Bolling 1722–1738
  36. 36. Martha Bolling 1733–1734
  37. 37. Matoaka Sullivan 1729–1775
  38. 38. Mary (Molly) Bolling 1722–1790
  39. 39. Mary Bland 1744–1803
  40. 40. William Bolling 1731–1776

Major II's Timeline

3 Records

1700
20 January 1700
Birth of Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II in Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
1738
2 Jul 1738
Age 38
Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II resided here in Henrico
Henrico
1757
6 Sep 1757
Age 57
Death of Major (Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red Bolling) II in Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1700
    Event Place: Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 15
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Colonial Families of the USA
    [5] Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0326
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 2 Jul 1738
    Event Place: Henrico
    Record Source: U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Maryland or Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Maryland or Virginia; Page Number: 82

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bedford, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Our Kin : the Genealogies of Some of the Early Families Who Made History in the Founding and Development of Bedford County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1757
    Event Place: Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Colonial Families of the USA
    [4] Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0326
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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